tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post5231783261465813496..comments2023-10-24T05:30:21.317-05:00Comments on Sessions Watch: Charting America's Health Care Future--a joint town hall with Pete Sessions and Eddie Bernice JohnsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-54248363805912857582009-08-21T09:58:18.636-05:002009-08-21T09:58:18.636-05:00Yeah, I know there are alot of people from all par...Yeah, I know there are alot of people from all parts of the political spectrum in favor of HR 1207. I know of folks that have been trying to ask / praise Pete about that topic, but like you said healthcare has been dominating.<br /><br />JOhnJohn Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777581153829332513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-32096498376566698502009-08-20T14:42:37.288-05:002009-08-20T14:42:37.288-05:00P.S. John, I was hoping someone would ask about H....P.S. John, I was hoping someone would ask about H.R. 1207; we put it on our list of suggested questions. But it was pretty much of a zoo out there, with no room for anything but bashing or praising H.R. 3200. Maybe next time!Sessions Watchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-24722077076764245812009-08-20T14:37:49.646-05:002009-08-20T14:37:49.646-05:00Interesting comments, John, thanks. Last night, P...Interesting comments, John, thanks. Last night, Pete Sessions dodged responsibility for people's health care concerns, saying that it's the job of states to regulate insurance. But on the other hand, he's in favor of people being able to buy insurance across state lines, which would make regulation a federal issue.<br /><br />As for the judicial system, there are already a number ofSessions Watchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-39045515567360320722009-08-20T10:38:31.320-05:002009-08-20T10:38:31.320-05:00Sessions Watch said... "The question for Libe...<i>Sessions Watch said... "The question for Libertarians and Republicans should be, 'What is the proper role of government, if any, in making sure private industry delivers the product they promise to deliver?'"</i><br /><br />The government in my opinion has only a few core functions. One of those is to insure justice, to insure that one person or entity does not trample on theJohn Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777581153829332513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-20865628846349783482009-08-18T20:17:51.585-05:002009-08-18T20:17:51.585-05:00Thanks, Nancy, for the information on The Lewin Gr...Thanks, Nancy, for the information on The Lewin Group. From their website:<br /><br />"The Lewin Group is an Ingenix company. Ingenix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, was founded in 1996...The Lewin Group operates with editorial independence and provides its clients with the very best expert and impartial health care and human services policy research and consulting Sessions Watchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-90915440310725647832009-08-18T20:02:16.052-05:002009-08-18T20:02:16.052-05:00Actually, John, from what we've been able to d...Actually, John, from what we've been able to discern about the House bill (and accompanying committee versions), it's the other way around--the goal is to make sure private insurers deliver what they're supposed to deliver, health care, regardless of pre-existing condition; public option is on the table to keep them from going back to what they've done all along, boosting profits Sessions Watchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-68536464978121714682009-08-18T15:15:18.980-05:002009-08-18T15:15:18.980-05:00I'm definitely on the Republican side of the d...I'm definitely on the Republican side of the debate, but come from a more Libertarian perspective. Good points regarding those who are on Medicare. I agree they are already on government run healthcare.<br /><br />Let's say we get universal healthcare with a public option. Are there any provisions in the bill that ensure that the government competes fairly with private insurers? John Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777581153829332513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-35189182568372965062009-08-18T10:59:07.027-05:002009-08-18T10:59:07.027-05:00Apparently,t o be a Republican these days means ju...Apparently,t o be a Republican these days means just repeating whatever talking point is the loudest. At the risk of being booed and branded a "liberal" though, I wanted to share some information I picked up by doing some of my own research. If you've seen this mailer that Pete Sessions is sending out notice that he gets his health care statistics from something called Lewin GroupNancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-56925352812636836042009-08-18T08:48:49.695-05:002009-08-18T08:48:49.695-05:00Thanks for your reports, Joe and Ed.
The main pro...Thanks for your reports, Joe and Ed.<br /><br />The main problem with the tea party crowd is that they've been given wrong information about the bill from a company called DCI Group (http://www.dcigroup.com/); DCI specializes in framing issues in a negative light (inventing phrases like "death panel," for instance). Big corporations--like the insurance industry or oil & gas Sessions Watchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-86163336212543219062009-08-18T08:14:33.323-05:002009-08-18T08:14:33.323-05:00I wasn't in attendance, but I did attend Pete ...I wasn't in attendance, but I did attend Pete Sessions' town hall meeting in Richardson. He's consistent on one point. Here is an <a href="http://edsops.blogspot.com/2009/08/pete-sessions-town-hall-meeting.html" rel="nofollow">excerpt</a> from my notes:<br /><br />"Sessions says government should work on the 20% that's the problem, not the 80% that's working right. Then, Ed Cognoskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595340868770406595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316092757798531159.post-53070949321126198652009-08-17T20:54:32.872-05:002009-08-17T20:54:32.872-05:00My view from the outside:
I arrived early to the ...My view from the outside:<br /><br />I arrived early to the "Town Hall" meeting(where no one could ask questions of their congressional representatives) without an I-D enforced ticket so I joined the protesters outside of City Place around 7:00 am.<br /><br />We were told to stay silent and walk in a circle around the outside plaza, so I took a sign and joined the approximately 150 Joe Kellynoreply@blogger.com